Tuesday, June 22, 2010

The Orioles made a trade today, in an attempt to add some depth to their infield the Birds acquired Jake Fox from the Oakland Athletics for minor league pitcher Ross Wolf. Fox is a utility guy mostly, but this pretty much spells the end for Garrett Atkins. I would look for Fox to start taking reps at second and short with Wigginton taking most of the starts at first.

Fox made a pinch hitting appearance in the seventh inning of tonight's loss ot the Marlins. He hit a deep fly ball that was just a couple feet short of a three-run homerun. I swear it was the most applause I have heard for a fly out. The Orioles' latest loss followed the same script as many others; Guthrie was good, but not great, the offense sputtered but kept it a little interesting and as always the Orioles were unable to get a key hit when needed.